an·thro·po·mor·phism

anthropomorphism

/an·thro·po·mor·phism/ (an″thro-po-mor´fizm) the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman objects.

anthropomorphism

[an′thrəpōmôr′fizəm]

Etymology: Gk, anthropos, human, morphe, form

the assignment of human shapes and qualities to other animals.

an·thro·po·mor·phism

(an'thrŏ-pō-mōr'fizm)

Assignment of human shape or qualities to nonhuman creatures or inanimate objects.

[anthropo- + G. morphē, form]

anthropomorphism

Attributing human characteristics to the diety, to inanimate objects, animals, or phenomena. Because of our experiential limitations and need to find explantions, however unsatisfactory, we commonly resorts to an anthropomorphic concept of anything transcendental.

anthropomorphism

the attribution of human characteristics to animals other than man.

anthropomorphism

the tendency to attribute human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects.

Color illustrations depict the letters with anthropomorphic characteristics, as they go about their daily life; but the letters A, E, I, O, and U grow tired of the same daily routine and want to be different.

Roughly thirty years before Sarah Lucas made Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab, 1992, featured in this British artist's midcareer retrospective, Robert Morris argued for a "literalist" art--devoid of parts--that would deflect anthropomorphic readings.

Few stage memories of recent years can match that opening night in Hollywood in the fall of 2000, and especially those first five minutes when the animals of the pride lands - in full anthropomorphic, Taymor regalia - paraded down the aisles of the newly revamped Pantages Theatre to the opening number, ``Circle of Life.

Dubbed "SpartaKUs" in a campus-wide naming contest, the 50th percentile male anthropomorphic test device (ATD), will bring a hands-on element to the current Crash Safety curriculum, as well as other courses under development.

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